February's Fantastic Folios and Fascinating Fables

[GOLLUM]

J.D.: Are these new Pugmire books likely to be very expensive? If so, you must let me know if you find a good buyer who will pay premium rates for slightly-shop soiled souls...

I'm not JD...I think...but as he already posted me on this a few posts back mate. here's the score on Inhabitants of Wraithwood: Collected Weird Fiction of W. H. Pugmire due out I understand by Centipede Press (possibly by October now according to J.D.)

I very much want to get my hands on this book, but as it is likely to run in the $300 range, the way this year is going it may be beyond my reach. Which is why I am hoping that the release is not until October (or later)... it gives me a better chance to manage it..

Ouch!

For details on other Pugmire works I'm not sure.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Wow. $300 is totally out of the question, I'm afraid.

 

[GOLLUM]

We have ways.....

Well OK, I admit that is fairly pricey, although I've no doubt hearing comments here that it would be worth it.

 

[poisonoustea]

Unfortunately, Reed wrote Marrow.

I'm reading that book at the moment... I bought it used by chance, and after seeing some reviews I was expecting the worst. Maybe I'm the only one who isn't disappointed with it, but I'm loving how far-sighted it is, and Reed's confidence with such long time spans. The characters are quite engaging, with just a touch of deviancy which undoubtedly fits their age. I like Washen, I like how the alien species are portrayed. I don't know if I will be disappointed in the end, but it is a really fascinating book so far.

 

[Ursa major]

For me, the disappointment came towards the end, with some poor plotting.

The handling of time also became wayward. I'm wondering whether he either couldn't think of a better (i.e. more believable) ending or he had to rush it to meet a deadline. I won't say more, because I don't want to give (more) spoilers and you may see more merits in the rest of the book than can I, enough to tip the balanec in the novel's favour.

By the way, this author's Sister Alice** deals with much longer durations, which one might think would be harder to do, and deals with them in an odd, but more convincing, way. (And that book does not seem to have originally been writtern as a novel.)



** - I read this last year: http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/1220647-post189.html.

 

[poisonoustea]

I see... I wonder if there are any similar books. What I appreciate most about Marrow, I must admit, is not really the plotting or the characters, but the fleshing out of this far-away idea of mankind. Furthermore, I'm using pretty much the same 'timetable' in my novel and I found this book really inspiring. The majority of sci-fi books I've read prefer to deal with a not-so-distant future, which allows much more social/political perspectives than a further one... but what I'm focusing on is the feel of 'being' into science fiction and the wonder of it.

I will check other titles by Reed, but any other author is much appreciated - I'm relatively new to science fiction.